The Oak Harbor Rockets will face off against the Woodmore Wildcats at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Woodmore will be up against a hot Oak Harbor team: the squad just extended their winning streak to six. The Rockets put the hurt on Fostoria with a sharp 20-2 victory on Monday. The Rockets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by ten runs or more this season.
Morgan Lalonde made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Lalonde was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Hannah Schimmoeller was a standout: she scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Karder Haas was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-5.
Oak Harbor was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .323 or higher every time they've taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, Woodmore had to kick off their season on the road on Friday, but they showed no ill effects. They were the clear victors by an 11-1 margin over Old Fort.
Oak Harbor pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Woodmore, their win bumped their record up to 1-0.
Everything went Oak Harbor's way against Woodmore when the teams last played back in April of 2022, as Oak Harbor made off with a 15-2 victory. Do the Rockets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Wildcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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